GENEVA, 10 July (UN Information Service) -- The Human Rights Committee this afternoon briefly discussed the report of the chairpersons of the human rights treaty bodies who held their twelfth meeting at Geneva from 5 to 8 June 2000.
The deleterious effects of colonial activity on the Chamorro people of Guam included the degradation of traditions and the overburdening of educational and health systems, through imposed immigration policies, the Vice-Chairman of the Guam Commission on Decolonization told the Special Committee on decolonization this afternoon.
Statement by Nafis Sadik, Executive Director of UNFPA
NEW YORK, 11 July (UNFPA) -- Wherever they live in the world, women's lives are full of risk.
GENEVA, 11 July (UN Information Service) -- In Press Release GA/9735 of 29 June 2000, the name of the speaker for Slovakia on page 5 should have read:
PETER MAGVASI, Minister for Labour, Social Affairs and Family of Slovakia.
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Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Annual Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), in Lomé on 10 July:
Let me add my voice to all those that have thanked the people and Government of Togo for their generous hospitality.
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Annual Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), in Lomé on 10 July:
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
